[catfishonthelake]

Some of the ponds are already opening up in UC. I saw a guy fishing while I was running in Nomahegan yesterday. The little stream with the bridge near the parking lot is opening a bigger hole every day and that's where he was fishing. Access is tough since they still have all those fences up. Not sure how the fishing will be this year, I was told by the contractor that they took all the bass, sunfish and catfish and put them in Lower Echo and "disposed" of the carp. I almost cried when he told me that. That place is where I got hooked on carp fishing and I have some great memories. That being said, I was told by someone that they saw carp in there after they refilled it and I was catching sunnies for catfish bait by that stream after they refilled it. Not sure if they re-stocked or fish came in from the back or the Rahway or what, but there seems to be fish in there and there will indeed be a trout stocking.